New from Public Interest Institute:

 

 

Why Iowa Should Not Build High-Speed Rail

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Iowa Could Add 16,644 New Jobs at No Cost to Taxpayers

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A Republic If You Can
Keep It: Failing to
Teach First Principles

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Iowa's State Budget:  Spending Our Way to a Crisis Again

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Peer Review

Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council Climate Change Action Plan

Stewardship in Government Spending:  Accountability, Transparency, Earmarks, and Competition

Choice Through Charters:

Policy Analysis of Iowa Charter School Legislation

To read other POLICY STUDIES from Public Interest Institute go to our POLICY STUDIES page

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NEWS AND VIEWS

This daily feature points out an article of current interest in the state or nation and allows you to read a view point that was published by Public Interest Institute.  Today's article is from the Thursday, July 2, 2009 edition of The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper features an article titled, "California Lays Plans to Issue IOU's to Creditors." For more on this issue, read "Iowa's State Budget: Spending Our Way to a Crisis Again."

 

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